Biography
Oran Doyle is Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin, where he was Head of School from 2014 to 2018. He is an expert in comparative constitutional law, his recent work being published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law and Global Constitutionalism as well as a number of other journals and edited collections. He has just published 'The Irish Constitution: A Contextual Account' for Hart's Constitutional Systems of the World series. Currently supervising Robbie Noonan's work on declarations of unconstitutionality, Li-Kung Chen's work on the continuity of states, Alex Layden's work on the judicial use of foreign constitutional law, and Juan Diego Galaz's work on constitutional rights of resistance in Latin America, Prof Doyle welcomes applications for supervision from students broadly in the area of constitutional theory.
The recipient of a Provost's Teaching Award in 2008, Prof Doyle has lectured constitutional law 1 and jurisprudence to undergraduate students, and comparative constitutional law and theory to postgraduate students. He currently lectures Foundations of Law to first year undergraduate students and leads a final year research project group on democratic decay.
Prof Doyle is a regular contributor to public debates on issues of constitutional law in Ireland. He has published articles in the Irish Times on both the Children's Rights Referendum and the Marriage Equality Referendum. In 2016-17, he was a constitutional law advisor to the Citizens' Assembly considering the pro-life provision in the Irish Constitution.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Oran Doyle, The Silent Constitution of Territory, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 17, 2018
Unearthing the 'Constitutional' in Quasi-Constitutionality in, editor(s)Richard Albert and Joel Colon Rios , Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes: Forms, Functions and Applications , Routledge, 2018, [Oran Doyle]
Oran Doyle, The Constitution of Ireland: A Contextual Analysis, 1st, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2018, 0 - 230pp
Interpretation: The Unrealizable Ideal of judicial Constraint in, editor(s)Eoin Carolan , Judicial Power in Ireland, Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2018, [Oran Doyle]
The Use of Foreign Law in Irish Constitutional Adjudication in, editor(s)Giuseppe Ferrari , The Use of Foreign Law by Constitutional Courts, Brill, 2018, [Oran Doyle and Tom Hickey]
Oran Doyle, Constitutional Transitions, Abusive Constitutionalism and Conventional Constraint, National Journal of Constitutional Law, 35, 2017, p67 - 90
Constraints on Constitutional Amendment Powers in, editor(s)Richard Albert, Xenephon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou, , The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2017, pp73 - 95, [Oran Doyle]
Oran Doyle, Constitutional Change in Ireland: Political History and Balance of Power, Dublin University Law Journal, 42(2), 2017, p3 - 18
Oran Doyle, Informal Constitutional Change, Buffalo Law Review, 65, (5), 2017, p101 - 118
Administrative Action, the Rule of Law and Unconstitutional Vagueness in, editor(s)Laura Cahillane, Tom Hickey and James Gallen , Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2017, pp237 - 251, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Change and Interest Group Politics: Ireland's Children's Rights Amendment in, editor(s)Richard Albert, Xenophon Contiades, Alkmene Fotiadou , The Foundations and Tradition of Constitutional Amendment, Hart Publishing, 2017, pp199 - 218, [Oran Doyle and David Kenny]
Oran Doyle, Foreign Law, Constitutional Cases and Theoretical Authority, Global Constitutionalism, 5, 2016, p85 - 108
Oran Doyle, Conventional Constitutional Law, Dublin University Law Journal, 38, 2015, p311 - 330
Dublin University Law Journal, 36, (2013), 1 - 403p, Des Ryan and Oran Doyle, [eds.]
Oran Doyle, The Dynamics of Constitutional Change, Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 102, (2), 2013
Oran Doyle, The Legitimate Authority of the Living Law, Jurisprudence, 3, (1), 2012, p113 - 133
Oran Doyle, Judicial Scrutiny of Legislative Classification, Irish Jurist, 47, (1), 2012, p175 - 184
Dublin University Law Journal, 35, (2012), 1 - 355p, Des Ryan and Oran Doyle, [eds.]
Dublin University Law Journal, 34, (2011), 1 - 280p, Des Ryan and Oran Doyle, [eds.]
Oran Doyle, Elusive Quarries: A Failure of Regulation, Dublin University Law Journal, 34, 2011, p180 - 207
Oran Doyle, Desmond Ryan, Judicial Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003: Reflections and Analysis, Dublin University Law Journal, 33, 2011, p369 - 392
Dublin University Law Journal: A Festchrift for the Honorable Justice Ronan Keane, 33, (2011), 1 - 428p, Des Ryan and Oran Doyle, [eds.]
Oran Doyle, Law and Justice in Community: the Significance of the Living Law, Nordicum-Mediterraneum: Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies, 6, (2), 2011, p19
Sisterly Love: the Importance of Explicitly Assumed Commitment in the Legal Recognition of Personal Relationships in, editor(s)Lynn Wardle, Scott Fitzgibbon, A Scott Loveless , The Jurisprudence of Marriage and Other Intimate Relationships, USA, WS Hein & Co, 2010, pp329 - 351, [Oran Doyle]
Oran Doyle, Family Autonomy and Children's Best Interests: Ireland, Bentham and the Natural Law, International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family, 1, 2010, p55 - 76
Oran Doyle, Legal Positivism, Natural Law and the Constitution, Dublin University Law Journal, 31, (1), 2009, p206 - 227
Doyle, Oran and Carolan, Eoin, The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall , 2008, x-xlvi, 1-530pp
"Article 44: Privileging the Rights of the Faithful" in, editor(s)Eoin Carolan and Oran Doyle , The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values, Dublin, Round Hall Thomson, 2008, [Oran Doyle]
Doyle, Oran and Binchy, William, eds, Committed Relationships and the Law, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, 272pp
Moral Argument and the Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in, editor(s)Oran Doyle and William Binchy , Committed Relationships and the Law, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, [Oran Doyle]
Oran Doyle, Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination and Autonomy, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 27, 2007, p537 - 553
Oran Doyle, The Constitution at 70, Doctrine and Life, 57, 2007
The Separation of Powers and Constitutional Egalitarianism after the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill Reference in, editor(s)Eoin O'Dell , Older People in Modern Ireland: Essays on Law and Policy, Dublin, First Law, 2006, pp393 - 426, [Oran Doyle and Gerry Whyte]
Oran Doyle, The European Communities (Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, Dublin University Law Journal, 28, 2006
Dublin University Law Journal, Dublin, Clarus Press, [eds.], 2004-2017
Oran Doyle, Constitutional Equality Law, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2004
Oran Doyle, Legal Validity - Reflections on the Constitution, Dublin University Law Journal, 25, 2003
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Oran Doyle, The Supreme Court, Review of The Supreme Court of Ireland, by Ruadhán Mac Cormaic , Studies: An Irish Quarterly, 2017
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2015, Dublin, Round Hall, 2017, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Ireland in, editor(s)Detlef Merten and Hans-Jurgen Papier , Handbuch der Grundrechte in Deutschland und Europa, Heidelberg, CF Muller GmbH, 2016, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2014, Dublin, Round Hall, 2015, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2013, Dublin, Round Hall, 2014, pp110 - 207, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2012, Dublin, Round Hall Press, 2013, pp117 - 202, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2011, Dublin, Round Hall Press, 2012, pp160 - 239, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Law in, Annual Review of Irish Law 2010, Dublin, Thomson Round Hall, 2011, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2009, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2010, pp188 - 258, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Oran Doyle, The Human Personality Doctrine in Constitutional Equality Law, Irish Student Law Review, 9, 2009, p101-
Doyle, Oran and Scannell, Yvonne, Town and County Planning and Natura 2000 in Ireland, Amenagement du Territoire Urbanisme et Reseau Natura 2000, 11, 2009, p190 - 206
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2008, Dublin, Round Hall Thomson, 2009, pp122 - 182, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2007, Dublin, Round Hall Thomson, 2008, pp97 - 144, [Oran Doyle and Estelle Feldman]
Oran Doyle, Constitutional Law: Text, Cases and Materials, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2008
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2005, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2006, pp179 - 241, [Oran Doyle;Estelle Feldman]
Rapport National: Ireland in, editor(s)Jessica Makowiak , La Mise en Place du Reseau Natura 2000, Limoges, Pulim, 2005, pp213 - 233, [Oran Doyle]
Constitutional Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne, William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2004, Dublin, Roundhall, 2005, pp163 - 212, [Oran Doyle, Estelle Feldman]
Oran Doyle and Alan Keating, Discriminatory Planning Conditions - the Case for Reform, Law Society of Ireland, 2005
Property Rights and Natura 2000 in Ireland in, editor(s)Michel Paques , Natura 2000 and Property Rights, Brussels, Bruylant, 2005, pp139 - 152, [Oran Doyle]
Oran Doyle, The Duration of Primary Education, Irish Student Law Review, 10, 2002, p222-
Doyle O., Scannell, Doyle and Clarke, The Habitats Directive in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Environmental Law and Policy, 1999
Oran Doyle, Façade Retention: Standing of Incorporated Persons to Challenge Planning Permissions, Trinity College Law Review, 2, 1999, p106-
Oran Doyle, Men of Straw? Change to the Rules of Locus Standi: An Unsuspected Side Effect of the McKenna and Hanafin Decisions, Trinity College Law Review, 1, 1998, p37-
Research Expertise
Description
Prof Doyle's primary areas of interest are comparative constitutional theory and Irish constitutional law. He has just published a monograph, 'The Constitution of Ireland: A Contextual Analysis' for Hart's series on Constitutional Systems of the World. In his other work, Prof Doyle advances theoretical solutions to recurring problems in comparative constitutional law, focusing on questions of how constitutions are made and changed. The International Journal of Constitutional Law will shortly publish an article that advances a new theory of legal territoriality, drawing on a newly compiled dataset of how all currently in-force constitutions address territory. Prof Doyle's current research explores constitution-making authority, which will in turn support a broader exploration of how constitutions relate to physical space. It has also led to a side-project exploring the connections between populism and constitutionalism. Recently published work has explored various aspects of constitutional change, including informal change, constraints on amendment powers, interest-group politics, and constitutional transitions. He uploads completed and draft papers at https://tcd.academia.edu/OranDoyle and http://ssrn.com/author=867538Projects
- Title
- Measures on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
- Summary
- Dr Doyle prepared the Irish report for a European Union project on the extent to which the laws of each Member State complied with Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 01/01/2007
- Date To
- 12/07/2007
Recognition
Representations
Visiting research fellow at the Institutuum Jurisprudentiae of the Academia Sinica in Taipei.
Member of the editorial board of the Dublin University Law Journal.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Constitutional Studies.
Convenor of the British-Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law
Awards and Honours
Elected to Fellowship of the College
Provost's Teaching Award
Brookes Scholar, the Honourable Society of King's Inns
Awarded Gold Medal in LLB Degree
Scholar of Trinity College Dublin
Memberships
Irish Jurisprudence Society
International Society of Public Law
Law and Society Association